A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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Page 242
... river at one jump . So , tightening his belt , and going back for a good run , he rushed to the river bank , and with a spring like the jerk of five mad elephants , he bounded across . But the opposite bank was not hard enough to resist ...
... river at one jump . So , tightening his belt , and going back for a good run , he rushed to the river bank , and with a spring like the jerk of five mad elephants , he bounded across . But the opposite bank was not hard enough to resist ...
Page 299
... river , living in another tree . In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit trees . Halfway between the bank of the river and the island , a large rock rose out of the water . The Monkey could jump to the rock , and ...
... river , living in another tree . In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit trees . Halfway between the bank of the river and the island , a large rock rose out of the water . The Monkey could jump to the rock , and ...
Page 547
... River , from its mouth to nearly thirty miles away , there is a succession of large buildings looking like great barns or warehouses built on piles in the river , high enough to be out of the reach of floods . There are thirty of these ...
... River , from its mouth to nearly thirty miles away , there is a succession of large buildings looking like great barns or warehouses built on piles in the river , high enough to be out of the reach of floods . There are thirty of these ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
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